Uncifera acuminata Lindl. 1859
Photos by © Rudolf JennyThe Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Drawing by © eFloras.org Flora of China Website
Common Name or Meaning The Acuminate Uncifera - In China Cha Bui Lan
Flower Size 1/4" [7 mm]
Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Bhutan and Nepal in dense forests on tree trunks at elevations of 1300 to 2300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with an arching terete, slender many noded stem carrying a few to several, distichous, narrowly lanceolate to oblique-oblong, acute to slightly praemorse leaves that blooms in the spring through early summer on an arching, 2.8 to 4" [7 to 10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate floral bracts and slightly fleshy flowers that do not open well
Synonyms Saccolabium acuminatum (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Vol 22 Hooker 1893 as Saccolabium acuminatum drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Saccolabium acumiantum drawing ok; Indian Orchids, A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchids of Bhutan Pearcve & Cribb 2002; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; A Century of New Orchid Records in Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan 2017 Drawing/photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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